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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out ...
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour. The space rock, known as "2025 FO6," is estimated to be about 35 feet across ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 May Miss Earth in 2032, But It’s Not Gone for Good
In a cosmic twist of fate, scientists have confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid previously thought to pose ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
Terrifying 'city-killer' asteroid to fly dangerously close to Earth this week
A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
NASA’s $1.4 billion asteroid tracker to hunt ‘city-killer’ space rocks to save Earth from apocalypse
NASA's $1.4 billion NEO Surveyor space telescope is designed to spot and track potentially hazardous asteroids, offering ...
600 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Strike Shook the Planet – And Its Effects May Still Linger
Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...
Giant Asteroid 2014 TN17- twice the size of Taj Mahal racing toward Earth: NASA issues alert
TN17 will safely pass Earth this time, NASA's warning serves as a reminder of the lurking dangers in space. Scientists and ...